Motor-driven lawn-mower.



W. W. HARRISON. MOTOR DRIVEN LAWN MOWER. APPLICATION FILED SEPTA, 1909.

Patented July 5, 1910.

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MOTOR-DRIVEN LAWN-MDWER.

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Specification of letters Patent.

Patented July 5, i910.

Applicationfiled September 4, 1909. Serial No. 516,245.

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My invention relates to lawn mowers combinedwith motor devices to drive or operatethe s'ame by power; and has for its objects to provide a simple and effective construction, in which the weight and energy developed by the motor Wlll be balanced in respect to the-center of gravity of the mower; mechanism and the operating .handle' thereof; also in which the means for controlling the motor relatively to the driving mechanism between it and the mower will be under ready and perfect control of, the operator without interfering with his manual hold of the grasping bar of the mower handle; also-in which'the connecting actuating devices between. the mower shaft and the driving shaft ofthe motor are simple and adapted to effectively deliver the power developed and to control its speed of delivery.

i To these ends my invention consists of the combination, with a lawn mower, oft-he usualhand-driven type, having a' verticallyinclined operating handle with grasping bar, ofa light weight motor, preferably a gasolene or explosive engine, with electric sp'arlger device, and connecting actuating mechanism combining the motor engine with the mower shaft, and means, contigu one to the grasping bar of the mowerhandie, to control the motor device.

In theaccompanying drawings illustrating my invention, Figure l is a front view of a motor driven lawn mower embodying my invention, and Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof showing the combinmg and actuating mechanisms between the motor engine and mower, and adjunctive elements;

Referring now to said, drawings, 1 indicates generally a lawn mower of one ofthe usual hand-driven types, comprising the.

usual ground-wheels 2, the frame 4,-theopcrating handle 5 with its transverse grasping bar 6, and the rearwardly-disposed pair of roller-bearing brackets 7 on either side 7 substituted therefor; but each of these brackets is utilized for the additional purpose of supporting one member of the comming frame betweenthe motor and the mower. Mounted on the face of'th e' flan ed ground wheel 2, and on the same shaft, is a geared wheel 3, and meshing therewith is a smaller cog wheel 9, the shaft 10 of which hasits bearings in a bracket 11 screwedindirectly to a fixed part 12 of the frame 4:. This shaft 10 carries a sprocket wheel and chain 13 which latter passes over a sprocket wheel 14 on the face of a pulley 15, these latter having a bearing on a, short shaft 16 mountedin the operating handle 5'of the mower. An idler 15, carried on a be ring bolt, 15' mounted in the handle 5, is p'eferably supplied. The pulley 15 is connected by a belting 17 to small pulley 18 projecting through the crank casing 19 ofa gasolene engine motor 20, and preferably passes over an idler 17 carried on a cross-bar 17 the opposite ends of which are fast to the engine casing and the operating handle. The motor shown is of a usual andknown type, it being observed that the engine is, dependingly mounted and in a vertical; lane substantially is a direct line over t e mower, whereby its center of avity is maintained and its weight applied in a manner interfering to the least extentwith the traction of the mower and with theoperator in guiding the machine by its operating handle. The sparking device 30 and. battery 31 areof usual construction and are carrled on rameba-r 28, while the circuitwires 32 are governed by switch 33 mounted on operatmg handle 5 contiguous to the handle 27 and grasping bar 6. g

The engine is supplied with gasolene from tank 21 through supply pipe 22, it being noted that such tank'is supported horizontally and transversely to; and over the motor. The in-take is effected by the usual means, which are governed in my device by means constituting an important feature of the invention and consisting of sliding bar 23,

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linked to lever 24 which rocks on fixed arm 25, the upper end of lever 24: being linked at its other end to actuating rod 26, linked to handle 27 pivot-ally fixed to the operating handle 5 of the mower, in such manner and location as to be contiguous to the grasping bar 6 of said handle; hence the operator can, without removing his grasp of the handle, actuate the in-take of the motor and hence control not only the speed of the motor but its actual operation, and bring the machine to a stop or start it at pleasure.

The connecting and combining means for the motor and mower elements consists, in addition to the pulley and sprocket mechanism, gears, gear shafts and their bearings already described, of a fr me composed essentially of a bar 28 braced at its base to afixed cross-rod 29 forming part of the mower frame, .and about centrally disposed on such cross-rod 29, so that when viewed from the front of the machine it will be in line of view of the operating handle 5 (see Fig. 2),"and it rises vertically to a oint slightly below the horizontal plane of the upper end of the operating handle. At its top the bar 28 proceeds in a horizontal direc tion forming the part 28 extending to the operating handle and braced thereto at 28*.

Slightly forward of its center, the portion 28* of the frame is reinforcingly supported by apair of vertic'alstandards 29*.rising from each supplemental ground-roller bearing-bracket 7 of the mower frame.

The principle of construction of the device and its mode of operation will be readily understood from the description given,

and it isjmanifestthat the combined mech-- anism results in a powerfully braced machine, with the weight of its engine and adjunctive .parts in substantial perpendicularity with the mower proper, and with its power devices under perfect controlof the operator with his guiding manipulation ofv the mower.

-Having thus described my invention, I

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A power-driven mower, comprising the combination with a mower of the type recited, including its main frame, operating handle, ground wheels, their shaft, and cog-' gearing thereon, of a connecting cog-gearing, its shaft and bearing bracket therefor mounted on the main frame, a motor dependingly supported over and in the same vertical plane with the mower, connecting actuating means between the motor and said.

last-mentioned gearing; a supporting frame for. the motor and its adjunctlve parts consisting of a vertically disposed standard mounted on the frame of the mower, a horizontally-disposed banbraced atone end to said standard and at its other end to the opgearing 3 on the flanged faces of the reinfor'cingly support said horizontal bar from the frame of the mower.

.2. A. ,motor-driven lawn-mower. comprising in combination with a motor and a supporting'frame therefor mounted between the main frame and operating handle of the mower; amower of the type recited, ins eluding its main frame operating handle, ground wheels, their shaft and cog-gearing fast thereon, gears meshing therewith, a shaft for said gears, and bearings for said shaft, mounted on the mower frame, a sprocket wheel on said last mentioned shaft, its sprocket chain, a short shaft mounted on the operating handle of the mower, a sprocket wheel on said shaft, and with which said sprocket chain engages, a pulley on said short shaft, and connecting belting between said pulley and the motor.

3. In combination, a mower. of the type recited, including its main frame operating handle, ground wheels and their shaft, cog ound wheels and on the opposite ends 0 their shaft, a supplemental frame comprising a bracket 11, a shaft 10 having its bearings in saidb'racket, gears 9 on the ends of sald shaft, meshin with said cog-gearing 3 on the ground w eels shaft, a motor-supporting frame comprising a horizontal bar 28* mounted fixedly between the main frame of the mower and the inclined operating handle thereof, a motor dependingly mounted on saidv motor-supporting frame, and connect- 1ng actuating mechanism between the motor and said cog gearing 9 operating to actuate the geared ground wheels shaft.

4:. The combination wi h a mower of the type recited, including its main frame, ground-wheels shaft and inclined operating handle, of a motor of the type recited, a mo tor-sup'porting frame mounted between the main frame 0 the mower and said operating handle, said frame including a horizontally-- disposed bar adapted to dependingly support the motor and its adjunctive parts, connecting actuating mechanism between the motor and the ground wheels shaft of the mower, and means to control the in-take of the engine, consisting of a rod suitably connected thereto at one end and an actuating handle connected to its opposite end, said handle being pivotally mounted on the operating handle of the mower contiguous to its grasping bar.

5. In comblnatlon, a mower of the type recited, including vits frame, operating handle, ground wheels, their shaft andgea 1ng fast thereon, gears meshing therewith, a. shaft carrying said gears on its opposite ends, bearings for said shaft mounted on the main frame, a sprocket wheel on-said shaft, a sprocket wheel and a pulley wheel, a stub shaft for both of the latter, mounted on the mower operating handle, a chain between eluding a horizontal member, a motor dependingly mounted thereon .and having a pulley shaft extending through its engine casing, a pulley thereon, belting between said pulleys, and manually-operated means contiguous to the grasping bar of the moweroperating handle adapted to control the-actuation of the motor.

6. A motor-driven lawn mower, comprising in combination a mower of the type recited, includingits frame, operating handle, ground wheels and their shaft, a motor, a supplementalframe adapted to support the motor dependingly over the mower, connecting means to transmit developed powerto the ground wheels shaft of the mower, and

means to control the actuation of the motor, comprising a sliding bar 23, rocking lever 24 to Which it is linked, a fixed arm 25 on which said lever is mounted, an actuating rod 26 linked to the other end of said rocking lever, and a handle 27 pivotally connected to said rod and to the operating handle 5 of the mower and contiguous to the grasping bar 6 thereof.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my signature this second day of September A. D. 1909.

WILLIAM HARRISON.

Witnesses EMERSON CONRAD, ANNA LACEY. 

